cluon

English

Etymology

from clue (“idea, inkling”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”)

Noun

cluon (plural cluons)

1. (computing, slang) The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon.
2. (slang) A person who is well-informed, or says well-informed things.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:cluon.

See also

• bogon
• microLenat